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Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)

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Surface elevation
  
5,090 m (16,700 ft)

Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro)

Location
  
Bolivia, Oruro Department, Sajama Province

Ch'iyar Quta (Aymara ch'iyara black, quta lake, "black lake", hispanicized spellings Chiar Kkota and erroneously also Chiar Kkola) is a small Bolivian lake located in the Sajama Province of the Oruro Department near the border to Chile. It is situated at a height of about 5,090 meters (16,700 feet) inside the boundaries of the Sajama National Park. Ch'iyar Quta lies south-east of the peaks of Laram Q'awa, Milluni and Kunturiri, south-west of Jisk'a Kunturiri and north of Patilla Pata.

Map of Ch'iyar Quta, Bolivia

References

Ch'iyar Quta (Oruro) Wikipedia